Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications

DA Gregory, L Tripathi, ATR Fricker, E Asare… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials have benefited the human civilisation for millennia. However, in recent
years, designing of natural materials for a wide range of applications have become a focus …

Advancements in nanofibers for wound dressing: A review

RS Ambekar, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic wound healing is an intricate time-consuming process (healing time∼ 12 weeks),
susceptible to external biological attack such as bacteria (eg E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus …

Bacterial cellulose micro-nano fibres for wound healing applications

J Ahmed, M Gultekinoglu, M Edirisinghe - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is cellulose produced by a few limited species of bacteria in given
conditions. BC has many remarkable properties such as its attractive mechanical properties …

Synergistic effect of highly aligned bacterial cellulose/gelatin membranes and electrical stimulation on directional cell migration for accelerated wound healing

L Wang, L Mao, F Qi, X Li, MW Ullah, M Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Directional cell migration plays a pivotal role in wound healing; however, traditional wound
management mainly focuses on providing permissive environment, less focused on …

Fabrication of bacterial cellulose-based dressings for promoting infected wound healing

F Wahid, XJ Zhao, XQ Zhao, XF Ma, N Xue… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacterial cellulose (BC) holds several unique properties such as high water retention
capability, flexibility, biocompatibility, and high absorption capacity. All these features make …

Recent advances in bacterial cellulose-based antibacterial composites for infected wound therapy

S Meng, H Wu, D Xiao, S Lan, A Dong - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Wound infection arising from pathogenic bacteria brought serious trouble to the patient and
medical system. Among various wound dressings that are effective in killing pathogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional applications of natural polysaccharide starch and cellulose: An update on recent advances

V Gopinath, SM Kamath, S Priyadarshini, Z Chik… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of clinical complications and therapeutic challenges for treating various
diseases necessitate the discovery of novel restorative functional materials. Polymer-based …

Biodegradation and thermal stability of bacterial cellulose as biomaterial: The relevance in biomedical applications

S Torgbo, P Sukyai - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymeric biomaterial plays a vital role in therapeutic medicine and in the
various discipline of biomedical science involving biomaterials. Bacterial cellulose (BC) …

[HTML][HTML] De novo strategy with engineering a multifunctional bacterial cellulose-based dressing for rapid healing of infected wounds

C Zhou, Z Yang, X Xun, L Ma, Z Chen, X Hu, X Wu… - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The treatment and healing of infected skin lesions is one of the major challenges in surgery.
To solve this problem, collagen I (Col-I) and the antibacterial agent hydroxypropyltrimethyl …

6-deoxy-aminocellulose derivatives embedded soft gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels for improved wound healing applications: In vitro and in vivo studies

F Nazir, I Ashraf, M Iqbal, T Ahmad, S Anjum - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogels were prepared by mixing protein and carbohydrate-based biopolymers to
increase the mechanical properties and efficient cell adhesion and proliferation for wound …